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Protestant Reformation

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If ever there was an example of someone who stood alone against overwhelming opposition from the established order, it was Martin Luther. His example of public courage and freedom of conscience is worth celebrating, although I suspect it will go almost unnoticed.

This year we celebrate 500 years of the Protestant Reformation. On October 31, 1517, the then Augustinian monk, priest, and teacher Martin Luther nailed at the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany, a document with 95 theses on salvation, that is, basically the way people are led by the Christian God to Heaven. Luther was scandalized by the sale of indulgences by the Roman Catholic Church, believing that this practice did not correspond to the biblical teaching. Luther understood that salvation was given only by faith. The Catholic Church understood that salvation was a combination of faith and works…